Registration number 2616
Status Registered
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Details

Function Fighting Vessel
Subfunction Pinnace
Location Portsmouth
Vessel type Admiralty Pinnace
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes
Web address www.woods-group.co.uk

Construction

Builder Crampton, J T, Portsmouth
Built in 1900
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Steam
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
52.00 feet (15.85m)
Breadth: Beam
12.00 feet (3.66m)

History

FUSIL is believed to have been ordered in 1900, completed in 1908 by J. T. Crampton, Portsmouth as a 52.5ft pinnace. The vessel's length overall of 52 feet indicates she was pre-1905, when Admiral Fisher's overall decree ran that naval attached vessels of this type should have a maximum LOA of 45 feet. When used by the RNAD, she would have been used as an Ammunition launch to tow Ammunition barges.

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This vessel is a survivor from the First World War. You can read more about her wartime history by visiting our First World War: Britain's Surviving Vessels website www.ww1britainssurvivingvessels.org.uk

Key dates

  • 1892

    Built by J T Crampton of Portsmouth as an Ammunition Barge to tow other ammunition barges for the Admiralty.  She was also used as the Admiral’s Barge for Admiral John O’Hopkins

  • 1945

    She became a Houseboat

  • 1990

    New owner

  • 2000

    New owner

  • 2010

    New owner

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